"Big Brother" nit-pick: That's not a jackboot!

From [link|http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,51987,00.html|[link|http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,51987,00.html|http://www.wired.co...1987,00.html]]:

During an "award ceremony," Privacy International announced that Attorney General John Ashcroft would receive one of this year's not-very-coveted awards: a golden statue of a jackboot crushing a human head.
[My emphasis - CRC]

The same phrasing, specifically including the word "Jackboot", was used in the Yahoo! and News.Com.Com items posted here earlier.

Now, from [link|http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=jackboot|[link|http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=jackboot|http://www.dictiona...h?q=jackboot]], we get:

2 entries found for jackboot.

jack\ufffdboot also jack-boot Pronunciation Key (j*kb*t)
n.
A stout military boot that extends above the knee.

A person who uses bullying tactics, especially to force compliance.

The spirit sustaining and motivating a militaristic, highly aggressive, or totalitarian regime or system.

Source: The American Heritage\ufffd Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright \ufffd 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

jackboot

n : (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot [syn: Hessian boot, hessian, Wellington, Wellington boot]
Source: WordNet \ufffd 1.6, \ufffd 1997 Princeton University
[My emphases - CRC]
[Also, those asterisks ('*') were originally some kind of phonetic vowel-sound squiggles.]

But, looking at Wired's picture ([link|http://www.wired.com/news/gallery/0,2072,51987-3669~3668,00.html|[link|http://www.wired.com/news/gallery/0,2072,51987-3669~3668,00.html|http://www.wired.co...3668,00.html]]), captioned

Darth Vader accepting a "Big Brother" award on behalf of the federal government.

-- What "Darth Vader" is holding there looks more like a hiking boot or something, not a jackboot!

Pedantically,

Post #36,107 by CRConrad 4/22/02 11:08:40 AM Reply	"Big Brother" nit-pick: That's not a jackboot! From [link\|http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,51987,00.html\|[link\|http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,51987,00.html\|http://www.wired.co...1987,00.html]]: During an "award ceremony," Privacy International announced that Attorney General John Ashcroft would receive one of this year's not-very-coveted awards: a golden statue of a jackboot crushing a human head. [My emphasis - CRC] The same phrasing, specifically including the word "Jackboot", was used in the Yahoo! and News.Com.Com items posted here earlier. Now, from [link\|http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=jackboot\|[link\|http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=jackboot\|http://www.dictiona...h?q=jackboot]], we get: 2 entries found for jackboot. jack\ufffdboot also jack-boot Pronunciation Key (jkbt) n. A stout military boot that extends above the knee. A person who uses bullying tactics, especially to force compliance. The spirit sustaining and motivating a militaristic, highly aggressive, or totalitarian regime or system. Source: The American Heritage\ufffd Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright \ufffd 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. jackboot n : (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot [syn: Hessian boot, hessian, Wellington, Wellington boot] Source: WordNet \ufffd 1.6, \ufffd 1997 Princeton University [My emphases - CRC] [Also, those asterisks ('') were originally some kind of phonetic vowel-sound squiggles.] But, looking at Wired's picture ([link\|http://www.wired.com/news/gallery/0,2072,51987-3669~3668,00.html\|[link\|http://www.wired.com/news/gallery/0,2072,51987-3669~3668,00.html\|http://www.wired.co...3668,00.html]]), captioned Darth Vader accepting a "Big Brother" award on behalf of the federal government.* -- What "Darth Vader" is holding there looks more like a hiking boot or something, not a jackboot! Pedantically, Christian R. Conrad Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #36,108 by boxley 4/22/02 11:11:46 AM Reply	you cant go square bashing in those! Typical liberal org, dont let facts get in the way of an emotion. thanks, bill TAM ARIS QUAM ARMIPOTENS
Post #36,111 by CRConrad 4/22/02 11:28:31 AM Reply	I can go square bashing in ANYTHING! Just try me, you squares... Christian R. Conrad Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #36,120 by boxley 4/22/02 12:59:10 PM Reply	Just because yer German doesnt mean you can squarebash properly, Although hitting them with the nearest suomi would prolly work. :) thanx, bill TAM ARIS QUAM ARMIPOTENS

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